Malleray is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

In 1367, the Prince-Bishop of Basel, Johann von Vienne, sent troops to try to force Biel to break a burgrecht treaty that they had entered into with the city of Bern.

The noble de Malleray family appear in historic records during the 14th and 15th centuries.

Over the following centuries, the provost of Moutier-Grandval Abbey gradually acquired most of the rights and lands in the village.

After the secularization of the Abbey following the adoption of the Protestant Reformation in Bern, during the end of the 16th century Malleray became part of a bailiwick under the diocese of Basel.

After Napoleon's defeat and the Congress of Vienna, Malleray was assigned to the Canton of Bern in 1815.

The population grew rapidly as watch factory jobs brought new residents.

Of the rest of the land, 0.93 km2 (0.36 sq mi) or 9.1% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.02 km2 (4.9 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Arrondissement administratif Jura bernois.

[5] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Rooster hardi crowing Or crested jelloped and langued Gules on a Mount of 3 Coupeaux Argent and in chief sinister a Mullet of Five of the last.

[3] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (1,634 or 88.1%) as their first language, German is the second most common (81 or 4.4%) and Italian is the third (58 or 3.1%).

In 2011, single family homes made up 58.3% of the total housing in the municipality.

[3] There were 936 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.1% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 71 or 25.4% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 31 or 11.1% were in the movement and storage of goods, 5 or 1.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 1.1% were the insurance or financial industry, 17 or 6.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 34 or 12.1% were in education and 97 or 34.6% were in health care.

[18] In 2011 a total of 4.0% of the population received direct financial assistance from the government.

[19] From the 2000 census[update], 891 or 48.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 588 or 31.7% were Roman Catholic.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.

[20] During the 2011–12 school year, there were a total of 386 students attending classes in Malleray.